LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




0014205114A 



F 144 

.A8 096 f 

Copy 1 

®f)e Cttj> of | 
&otm*t Heaitf) I 

B& Earle L. Ovington 
President Curtis Flying Station 

Member Chamber of Commerce 

I 

I 




Issued by 

Chamber of Commerce 

ATLANTIC CITY 






ATLANTIC CITY 



WINTER 

SPRING 

SUMMER 

FALL 

RESORT 



"ALL THE TIME" 



Cttft 

Publisher 

n ~T 23 WIS 



THE CITY OF 
ROBUST HEALTH 

The very first day I came to Atlantic 
City a person with whom I was talking 
remarked: "Atlantic City has a wonderful 
climate — I have never felt so well as since 
I came here. And my children are pictures 
of robust health." 

I smiled indulgently. Words spoken to 
impress the stranger, I thought to myself. 
Probably he has an axe to grind. 

That afternoon I overheard two men 
talking in the street car and to my surprise 
practically the same remarks were made. 
And after that I heard them again and 
again. 

This set me thinking. I used to be in 
the United States Weather Bureau and 
there became much interested in climato- 
logy. The climate of Atlantic City must 
be particularly beneficial, else why should 
its praises be sung so persistently. If so, 
why?, I asked myself. And this is the way 
I explain it. 

You, who are fortunate enough to be in 
Atlantic City, have three of the greatest 
health-giving elements known to science; 
sunshine, ozone and recreation. Let me 
say a few words regarding each and the 
bearing they have upon your health and 
vitality. 

Sunshine 

Sunshine. To be sure, other places have 
sunshine, but few have the wonderful solar 
radiation of Atlantic City. That is be- 



cause Atlantic City is practically an island 
five miles from the mainland. The sun's 
rays come to you through an atmosphere 
unpolluted by smoke and dust. This is 
more important than it sounds, as dust and 
smoke in the atmosphere reflect and ab- 
sorb the short wave lengths of light, that 
is, the violet and the ultra-violet rays. And 
it is these very rays which give to bright 
sunshine its highly germicidal character. 
As proof that there is something in the 
sunshine of the seashore which is not found 
in that of the city, I simply need to re- 
mind you that a man can walk city streets 
for a whole summer and not get as burned 
and tanned as he would after a single week 
near the water. 

In the city, the dust and smoke have 
taken the vitalizing violet rays from the 
sunshine, while in the clear atmosphere of 
the seashore you get these vitalizing rays 
in their fullest intensity as nature intend- 
ed you should. And because Atlantic City 
is an island, swept by the purest of ocean 
breezes which have never been breathed 
before, you get here the maximum of the 
rays I speak of. 

Ozone 

Ozone. Here is another big vitalizer. 
Why does hydrogen peroxide, which you 
purchase at the drug store by the bottle, 
kill germs and heal wounds? Because 
when you put it on a cut, for instance, 
it liberates atoms of pure oxygen, which 
kill, almost instantly, any germ in exist- 
ance. The same thing happens in the case 
of ozone. Bring it into contact with a 
germ and the chemical substance ozone, 
composed of three atoms of oxygen, splits 
up into atmospheric oxygen containing only 
two atoms, and liberates an extra atom of 
very chemically active oxygen which vigor- 



ously attacks and kills any germ with which 
it comes into contact. It is this extra atom 
of oxygen, entirely different from the oxy- 
gen in ordinary air, which does to the germ 
what the hydrogen peroxide does — kills him 
immediately. In addition, ozone is one of 
the greatest blood purifiers known. 

Recreation 

Recreation. The wonderful sunshine and 
ozone of Atlantic City will do you little 
good if you worry about your business or 
personal affairs while you're down here. 
But Atlantic City won't let you do so, even 
if you have a tendency to. Atlantic City, 
more than any other city in the United 
States, offers so many attractions that you 
simply must forget your troubles. Boating, 
fishing, hunting, golf, etc., for lovers of 
the great outdoors. Dancing, music, games, 
theatres, etc., for evening diversion. The 
finest hotels in the world, with food and 
cooking — ah, but just try them! And last, 
but by no means least, a Boardwalk. Yes, 
I've spelled it with a capital simply because 
it is entirely in a class by itself. Atlantic 
City's Boardwalk is Broadway, Fifth Ave- 
nue, Chestnut and Broad Streets, all rolled 
into one and stretched out along a flawless 
beach washed by the breakers of the Gulf 
Stream! 

To sum up. When you go to your phy- 
sician and tell him your brain is full of 
cobwebs, or your liver is misbehaving itself, 
what does he say in nine cases out of ten? 
"Take a sea voyage if you can spare the 
time." 

Like a Sea Voyage 

When you are walking up and down At- 
lantic City's Boardwalk, or being wheeled 
in one of the many rubber-tired wheel- 
chairs, you are just as truly on the prom- 



enade deck of an ocean liner as if you were 
in mid-Atlantic — minus the seasickness and 
inconveniences of ocean travel. You 
breathe the same vitalizing, salt-laden air, 
and oceanward you have the same tumbling 
waves stretching as far as the eye can see. 
But in addition, when even tumbling waves 
get monotonous, there is always something 
to interest you in the passing throng or in 
the attractive shop windows which line the 
'Walk. And — to remind you again, so that 
you won't forget it — in a few moments you 
can command the comforts and luxuries of 
Atlantic City's superb hotels. 

There's robust health awaiting you in At- 
lantic City. You have but to come here 
for a while to prove the truth of this state- 
ment. And — I speak from experience — At- 
lantic City will give you a hearty welcome. 
o 

ATLANTIC CITY A GOOD 

PLACE TO WRITE PLAYS 



George Arliss, famous as a character 
actor, has returned to the Hotel Traymore 
to write another play. Last year Mr. Ar- 
liss spent considerable time here in the 
preparation in conjunction with a collab- 
orator of ''Hamilton," a play founded on the 
life of the first Secretary of the Treasury. 
Mr. Arliss believes there is both good luck 
and inspiration in Atlantic City. 

"I find I can do my best work here," said 
Mr. Arliss shortly after his arrival. "There 
is something about Atlantic City which acts 
as a sort of tonic and I find my thoughts 
always turning to this truly wonderful re- 
sort as I travel about. I have had very 
good fortune with Hamilton and propose to 
play it again during the coming season; it 
met with popular approval, but for the fol- 
lowing season I shall probably want an- 



other play and I shall endeavor to put that 
into actible form during my stay here. Al- 
together Atlantic City is the most attract- 
ive of American resorts." 

o 

ATLANTIC CITY'S HOTEL 

MENUES CALLED MODEL 

FOR WHOLE NATION 



Washington, July 14. — Atlantic City has 
a clear field for first place as the model 
food saving resort in the country, accord- 
ing to the Food Administration, which 
gives all credit to the voluntary work of 
the hotel men there. 

More than that, the Food Administra- 
tion emphasizes, the frequenters of Atlan- 
tic City from all over the country are car- 
rying back to their home communities the 
conservation idea. 

This conservation has been brought 
about by simplifying the menues, urging 
guests to order no more than is absolutely 
necessary, serving small portions when re- 
quested, eliminating wheat and minimiz- 
ing the use of sugar and beef. — Daily 
Press. 



KILL THE RUMOR 

"They say"; "I heard"; "Someone said." 

Yes, but what about the facts? Ask 
these "I Heard" and "They Say" people to 
prove it. NEVER PASS IT ON. 

Those who pass along any rumor which 
may lessen the confidence of the American 
people in their Government or in the cer- 
tainty of final victory, are working for the 
Kaiser, whether they realize it or not. 

Patriots will make enemy propaganda a 
failure by refusing to repeat it. 

KILL A RUMOR. 



FISHING BANK IS 

PAYING DIVIDENDS 



Chamber of Commerce fishing cards, an 
adjunct of Atlantic City's first fishing bank, 
established through the joint action of the 
Chamber of Commerce and the Atlantic 
City Yachtsmen's Association, have gone 
into action. 

The first return to the Chamber of Com- 
merce office is an interesting bit of certi- 
fied testimony to the effect that the fish- 
ing bank, built by the Chamber in the face 
of discouragement at the outset, is paying 
large dividends. 

The card bears the signature of Captain 
H. H. Parker, of the yacht Jeanne Crosier. 
It bears testimony to the fact that a party 
of fourteen, headed by W. A. Brown, of 
Philadelphia, on Captain Parker's yacht on 
a recent date caught in a few hours 750 
pounds of sea bass. 

How's that for a record. Maybe some 
other Inlet skipper can produce something 
better. The members of the party on the 
Crosier were W. A. Brown. M. W. Patent 
and I. Goldsmith, of Philadelphia; Lew 
Moyer, of Youngstown, 0.; James Barnes, 
Brooklyn; J. H. Stephen, Camp Dix; and 
Albert Manheimer, Albert Medelmer, M. 
Blumberg, J. Blumberg, John Bagano, 
Nunzio Buleo, S. Goldsmith and E. Fretz, 
Atlantic City. 

o 

EXTENSION OF SHORE 

SEASON GAINS FORCE 



An ambitious movement of seashore real 
estate operators, fostered by the Atlantic 
City Chamber of Commerce, to "add Sep- 
tember to the season" by extending sum- 



t 



mer rentals a month later than customary, 
is steadily gaining ground, according to 
reports from many of the leading rental 
agencies here and in Ventnor. 

James R. Blakslee, Fourth Assistant 
Postmaster General, the first of the official 
Washington set to become a shore dweller, 
although many always are to be found in 
the hotels, has given encouragement to the 
longer-season movement by taking an 
apartment in the Victoria, Atlantic and 
Victoria avenues, Ventnor, one of the 
most attractive apartment houses in the 
fashionable down-the-beach section, and 
signing up to stay until the first of Oc- 
tober. September long has been regard- 
ed as one of the most attractive months 
by the sea. 

The prospect of a Washington colony, as 
well as Indianapolis and Pittsburgh cot- 
taging groups, is interesting to the large 
number of Philadelphians who are occupy- 
ing summer domiciles in Chelsea and Vent- 
nor. — Philadelphia Public Ledger. 
o 

RURAL MOTOR EXPRESS 

WILL HELP NATION 



A new and unusual development in high- 
ways transportation, of particular advant- 
age to the rural population, is described 
in a bulletin issued by the Highways 
Transport Committee of the Council of 
National Defense. The purpose of the 
Council of National Defense in urging the 
establishment of Rural Motor Express lines 
is the conservation of food and man pow- 
er, as well as the furnishing of regular, 
convenient and economical transportation 
to the rural sections. Any encouragement 
that you can give toward increasing the 
present means of highways transportation 
will be a step in the right direction. 



"I have visited most of the 
Famous Playgrounds of the 
World, both in this country 
and abroad. All of them have 
their attractions. But none of 
them combine so many attrac- 
tive features as Atlantic City.*' 

CHARLES M. SCHWAB. 

Director General United States 
Emergency Fleet Corporation 



t 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

I ill Hill mil mil mil mil mi! mi! mil ii iiiiil 



014 205 114 ft i 



) 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



111 INI 




ii 



0014 205114A 



